It was a hot and sultry day in the city for this June wedding at DC's Navy Yard. A cooling color palette including muted hues of plum, lavender and mauve complimented the crisp white backdrop of historic Tingey House.

The flowers included lush ivory and blush garden roses, lilac, scabiosa, ninebark, astrantia, sweet peas, lavender and autumn olive foliage. Guests entered the tented reception through a 10 foot wide archway of abundant greenery and blooms, and found fresh sprigs of lavender herbs at their seats.

It was a beautifully executed wedding thanks to the creativity and graceful efficiency of Alex Meyer Events. Thanks to Katie Delorme Photography for the incredible images and being generally wonderful to work alongside.

One of my favorite color palettes from 2015 was this purple dream of a summer wedding at Josephine Butler Parks Center. The Lavande rose starred as the perfect muted lavender base tone, with ranunculus and viburnum berries providing the deeper realm of purple, accented with trailing clematis, salvia, sedum, veronica, spray roses, and purple kale. Berry baskets full of ripe summer blackberries marked the table numbers against crisp, white linens. The overall mood reflected an easy, elegant, summer garden - perfect for a Saturday brunch in the city.

Lori helped us develop our vision for what we wanted our wedding to look and feel like, and she picked flowers that perfectly expressed that vision. Before meeting with her, we had no definite ideas of the color scheme of our wedding. Lori listened to our vague ideas and suggested colors that we loved and that went perfectly with our venue and the feel we wanted our wedding to have. Moreover, her flower proposals helped us come up with a unified theme for our wedding in general. The end result of her work was stunning: The space looked more beautiful than we could have imagined. She also was extremely responsive and patient in answering all of our questions. We needed to make some last minute changes, and she was very accommodating and flexible. In addition, she was great in helping us stay within our budget. We cannot praise and recommend her services highly enough. Her design ideas and flower arrangements were a huge part of why we loved our wedding so much!

— Christian & Catherine

Thanks to the One Summer Day Photography team for sharing these beautiful photographs. My first time working with One Summer Day was as their wedding florist! You can see Tara and Gabe's detail-soaked winter wedding at The Athenaeum in Alexandria here.